something is amiss because i don't think government should ever make librarians cry. [laughter] i think that is a bad ideas generally speaking. so i want to make sure i convey to you how much i hope your commonsense takes firm control of this situation so there if there are any remaining issues that we can take a look at, we can do so. and let me give you an opportunity to speak to that just briefly, if you would, miss tenenbaum. >> thank you, senator. and i appreciate you being here and coming -- i appreciate your question. if i'm confirmed as the chairman of the commission, it is my goal to implement the rules and the regulations and issue guidance pursuant to the cpsia as soon as possible. your phones are ringing off on the hook because the -- there are so many unanswered questions about how certain sections of the new law will be interpreted and what industry is supposed to do. consumer advocacy groups are concerned. everyone needs to know what the roadmap is going to look like. i have found that in implementing legislation in south carolina, year after year. once

, we have a couple librarian's join us for this meeting and we had some great ideas for a reading group based on book the sequel, but that brings in a lot of interest in reading and ways of talking about books and people -- what they remember and how they matter. we had teachers say we're going to use this as a class assignment, we talked about suggesting to stores that they put a lot of classics are around it. we see this as a very collaborative project, a fun thing for everyone to have and a role to play. the meeting at 1:00 will be very interesting. that will be our decision, how many to print for the general public. we are talking about we have some orders for the book in the system, we are talking to other retailers, people are hearing about the book, and we are going to have to as often, with imperfect information, how many copies to print and how we can get them out. our goal is to have finished physical copies of the book distributed by june 15th. we are very aggressive, you couldn't do it that quickly but with this project, we believe we can do it. >> to you ever decide know, y

the example he gave was a school librarian.e says that we cannot fire a school librarian it and ask a parent to volunteer. i am a n l.a. unified substitute teacher -- that is a valuable job and worth compensation. he says let's take that job away and the livelihood of the library in and get someone to do for free. host: thank you. we will get a response. guest: a couple of things. the last comment -- the public sector is one of the last bastions of middle-class employment and is difficult economy. when you layoff public workers that does not improve our economy. on the larger issue, we have a great opportunity to fix what is broken. we have to fix the tax system. we are overly reliant on the personal income tax. we have to bring government closer to the people. we are so tangled up with local government and school districts that the entity that raises the revenue does not provide the services. we need to reform the initiative process. we have to change the two- thirds. here is the reason why it is so important. because californ

to make harry look bad so he actually did take the pension and i believe just donated it to his librarian. -- library. 25,000 a year that's what they got in 1958. today a president's pension is pegged to the salary of a cabinet-level officer in the cabinet so it's nearly $200,000. the office expenses are more or less unlimited. bill clinton, the rent on his office in harlem last year was more than $500,000. it gives you some idea of the expense of maintaining our ex-presidents. not to mention the fact they now speak at $100,000 a pop. ex-presidents rarely drive themselves anywhere anymore. in 1953, the "new york times" said of harry and bess' trip, it is as it should be that an american ex-president accompanied only by his wife with no retinue and no ceremony can drive his own car around the country and no one think it unusual. it cheers one up somehow. and i think 56 years later it still does. i'd like to read a little excerpt from the book for you. that's particularly relevant to this part of the country. this is describing a little bit what harry's life was like right after he retired

i was out at stanford last week talking to the librarian, and all of the old books from centuries ago, and the newer ones they are putting right into an electronic format right now. i ask myself, am i really going to see and newspaper thrown in my yard? will i see that in 5 to 10 years? haft -- i have to find a model that will support journalism. i think advertising is a serious issue. the only other stream of revenue you can have is paying for that subscription. people talk a lot about how much do you charge on line right now? they should be talking about how much are you going to charge off line? >> unless there are any burning questions, please join me in thanking our panelists for their presentation. [applause] thank you all for coming today. we enjoyed our panel. thank you. >> scheduled in the u.s. house this week out, a plan to offer cash rebates to americans who trade in older cars for newer, more efficient models. a measure that increases military and nonmilitary aid to pakistan. house and senate negotiators are trying to agree on a bill that would allocate almost $100 billion

billington, the librarian of the library of congress for his willingness to assist us in this important project. it's important to point out that the lie brer of congress has been a leader -- the library of congress has been a leader in this area and the library enjoys a remarkable long-term relationship with the durham museum, long before i came to the senate, and will undoubtedly oversee a quality project as the durinthemuseum seeks to follow. not all treasures are located inside the beltway soing it's important to point out this is more than a photo exhibit. in addition to making the images available to the public as noted in the legislative branch report, durham museum will work to establish conservation and preservation training programs and on incorporating digitalized primary source materials into school curriculum. we have worked together to ensure that the library's most impressive exhibits have traveled to the durham museum ensuring my fellow nebraskans and iowans from the east, and cakansans have had these asht at fact, showcasing the photographs of the farm security administ

gifty books in the industry, i should add there is a catalog here, something that book buyers and librarians, media, this is what you put together so they know what is coming out. >> publishers think in terms of seasonal lists. this is the fall list, what we do is descriptive copies for every book, it has a biography of the author, examples from the book. it was summarized perfectly, the main tool is for booksellers, use it for media, authors and agents to see what individual publishers are doing. we have to plan books in the marketplace, 9 months ahead of time. you have to have something polished like this so that the retailers can see what the final books will look like, some of them are still being written. we don't have a finish the book to show. eugene grogan is a historian in oxford, what we think is going to be a major history of the era, he has taken an interesting approach, he chose to start this history in the 1500s. the concept is that is when the ottoman first concept -- conquered the arab lands and one of the defining characteristics of arab history is they have frequently been

i was out at stanford last week talking to the head librarian and their digitalizing everything under the sun. everything. at all the old books from centuries ago and of the kneuer was there are putting right into electronic format now so as i see this happening in this kind of context i ask myself and my really going to see a newspaper thrown in my yard on my front step. hopefully. will see that in 5210 years? i now know how long it will take but icing we will see a conversion of race switchover and will have to find a model that will support journalism and i think it's not going to be in advertising, i think advertising is a serious issue. it will have to be in the only other stream of revenue you can have which is paying for the subscription. and people talk a lot about how much do you charge online right now. those who still have it printed publications should ask him much you charge offline because you have to go the way of having an online you are probably in better terms of how you brushed the product. >> unless there are any burning questions to my please join me in thanking o

librarians, media, this is what you put together so they know what is coming up. >> publishers think in terms of seasonal lists. most publishers have 2 or 3 lists to year. this is the fall list. what we do is descriptive copies for every boat, it as a bio of the author and jacket and quotes for examples from the book. the main tool is for booksellers but publicist's use it for media, authors and agents so they can see what individual publishers are doing. we have to plan books into the marketplace, 6, 9 months ahead of time. you have to use something that is college so that retailers and publicity folks can see what the final book will look like because some of these books are still being written, we don't have a finished book to show. >> let's talk about two of them. >> eugene roading is a historian at oxford. this is going to be a major new history of the year. he has taken an interesting approach. he chose to start this history in the 1500s, his concept was that that is when the ottoman's first conquered the arab lands and one of the defining characteristics of arab history is the

here is something, book buyers, librarians, media, this is what you put together so they know what's coming out and you can essentially pitch him on the book. >> right. publishers think in terms of seasonal that. most publishers have two or three lists a year. this is the fault list, and what we do is descriptive copy for every book. it has a bio of the author, jacket, just sometimes its quotes or examples from the book. i think you summarized it perfectly. i think the main tools for booksellers but the publishers use it for media, authors and agents so they can see what individual publishers are doing. we have to plan books into the marketplace six, nine months ahead of time. so you have to have something that is sort of polished for this so the retailers and publishing books can see what the final book will look like. some of these books, they are still being written so we don't have a finished book to show. >> talk about two of them. >> eugene rogan is a historian, saint anthony's college adox are. this is what we think will be a major new history of the era, and he has taken an i

this is something book buyers, librarians, media -- this is what you put together so they know what'soming out and you can essentially pitch them on those books. >> publishers think in terms of seasonal lists and again, i don't know if you can read this but this is the fall list and what we do is just descriptive copy for every book. it has a bio of the author and jackets and some -- just sometimes it's quotes or examples from the book and i think you summarized it perfectly. i think the main tools for book sellers but the publishists use it for media, we use it for authors and agents so they can see what individual publishers are doing. and, you know, we have to plan books into the marketplace, six, nine months ahead of time and so you have to have something that's sort of polished like this so that the retailers and publicity folks can see what the final books are going to look like because some of these books haven't finished and they are still being written. >> let's talk about two of those. >> eugene rogen is a historian at oxford. this is what we think will be a major new histor

particularly, i'd like to recognize tony stankis, the science librarian at the mullins library on the university of arkansas' campus. they named tony and five others a special dedication. tony and his team were also chosen for the task of naming the top 100 biology and medical journals established in the 100 years of the s.l.a.'s existence. please join me in congratulating tony and his colleagues for this great honor. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. chaffetz: america lost one of its quiet, humble heroes on friday. major george e. whalen, utah's sole surviving world war ii medal of honor recipient. he was at the battle of iwo jima. he refused to leave the battlefield. he saved countless lives through his heroic efforts despite his own injuries. the selfless act typifies the men and women of the greatest generation. unfortunately, we a

another thing i would say before i close is i think when we talk about librarians and a tvs and othermatters we talked about, thrift stores, etc., i think that what has happened that you can see is when the agency wants properly, it can help resolve these issues before the industry gets to the chaos point but i think the last few months we've seen is with some actions of individuals to benefit cases may be statements by them use all almost panicked in a lot of sectors with people not knowing what to do, and i think you've done a good job of addressing that today, so i think that dose of common sense people talked about and that spirit of cooperation and working together resolved this and get to a resolution that's good for everybody. i think would be a great brac of fresh air. one more thing before i close and that is the chairman who senator rockefeller and senator hutchison, the ranking member, asked all senators to get their questions for the record in today by 6 p.m.. that's good news for you because that means what they are hoping is we will be able to move the nomination quicker